@Ryan Ness house hacking means buying your own primary home. 

I need to verify if I'm wrong AND if I'm right, so verification and/or telling me my incorrect-ness is more than welcome.

unless we were selling a block of 20 or 50 of them or something.WE see them in land development and I am sure they are used in bigger commercial and maybe some Multi.. but multi has been so hot maybe they don't use them much there right now I don't really know..But in SFR I would absolutely say they are a waste of time.If you want a short cut just create your own one page purchase and sale contract.. in our state we have Stevens Ness forms you can buy at  office depot that are one or two pages.take one of those customize it with your name etc and use those to shot gun deals out.

i will attached the water bill and some photos of crayons, wall paper damage and general dirty-ness to the hard-copies I mail the tenants.

The only path with these is to maintain month or yearly breakeven-ness...and eventually the equity will increase.Instead of buying 8 units...I should have only bought 4 and put more down.   

If your trip was primarily for busi-ness and, while at your business destination, you exten-ded your stay for a vacation, made a personal side trip, or had other personal activities, you can deduct only your business-related travel expenses.

The 4% increase is well worth the more active ness of the investment because the 4% is greatly increased by the added income of appreciation, tax benefits, amortization, and leverage abilities.

For the experienced out of state SFH landlords - apologies if this question gives away my "newb-ness" but what is the difference between a home warranty and home insurance?

@Will R. that Century and Van Ness neighborhood is very close to me, the area West of Van Ness is Century Heights in Inglewood (not many multis and sfr's on a hill with airline views of the city), East of Van Ness is Los Angeles city and county. 

I just figure they're hiding the loch ness monster and a couple million mosquito eggs underneath, maybe the guy they foreclosed on is under there too, who knows...Is it a terrible idea to run the pump without being able to see the pool?